Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Brighton & Hove City Council
Hove Town Hall,Norton Road
HOVE
BN33BQ
Contact
Procurement Team
procurement@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1273291949
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Cancer Awareness and Early Diagnosis Service
Reference number
N/A
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking to commission a service provider to deliver a Cancer Awareness and Early Diagnosis service to help improve cancer outcomes in Brighton & Hove. The NHS Long Term Plan aims to save thousands of lives each year by improving cancer diagnoses and treatment.
Please note, this is a Prior Information Notice as a Call for Competition and as such no Tender documents will be made available until the competition stage, should one be necessary.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The overall aim of the service is to increase early diagnosis for people with cancer by increasing levels of awareness, knowledge and confidence about the signs and symptoms of cancer, and effecting behavioural changes to increase the number seeking early professional help about cancer and attending cancer screening.
All activities within the service should be planned and co-ordinated. For example, local campaigns can align with national campaigns, and volunteers can give talks and distribute leaflets all with the same message to maximise impact.
The objectives of the service are detailed below:
• Produce evidence-based, consumer tested campaigns in line with national campaigns such as Be Clear on Cancer (based on social marketing principles), and be a leader on cancer communication in the city.
• Identify, train and support volunteers who have positive stories of catching cancer early.
• Gather intelligence from relevant communities about their knowledge and awareness of cancer symptoms and cancer screening, building on existing work.
• Train voluntary sector providers in cancer awareness and early diagnosis.
• Flexible delivery of awareness sessions in response to national guidelines.
The service will focus primarily on residents in the city in Quintile 1 (most deprived) in order to reduce inequalities in cancer outcomes
The service will focus on lung, bowel, breast, cervical prostate cancer and the national cancer screening programmes. The service will also reflect national skin cancer campaigns, will work in partnership with schools and support local summer festivals.
Description of the Service needs and requirements:
• The service will require one or more paid staff to coordinate the programme of work.
• The service will need to recruit, train, and support a team of volunteers to assist the paid worker(s), as outlined in the aims and objectives of the service as stated above.
• The service will produce evidence-based, consumer tested campaigns.
• The service will engage members of the public in meaningful interactions, a percentage of which result in behaviour change or health seeking behaviours.
• The service will operate flexibly incorporating remote and face to face delivery of campaigns.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Start date
1 September 2021
End date
31 August 2026
two.2.14) Additional information
Depending on the procedure following this PIN the start date may be pushed back until 01/04/2022 and will subsequently end on 31/03/2027.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
31 May 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Further information will be provided, if applicable, in due course.